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Installer Prog

AVSoftware Ltd

The application setup.exe, “Installer Prog Setup ” by AVSoftware has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the Inno Setup installer. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.softwareappdownloads.com.
Publisher:
AVSoftware Ltd  (signed and verified)

Product:
Installer Prog

Description:
Installer Prog Setup

MD5:
c7cb207e340f57163c98e41738454372

SHA-1:
22478ef0c178296160a243da73cc6bad0c7612ce

SHA-256:
54df9871925a20f683e881d23fb28fcdcdf6cad04451bf9bcda7dfe81d214ba6

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 6:50:21 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore.AVSoftware.Installer (M)
16.1.17.7

File size:
947.6 KB (970,320 bytes)

Product version:
2.8

Copyright:
Soft Lite

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\low\content.ie5\{random}\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
AVSoftware Ltd

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
12/31/2015 9:55:52 AM

Valid to:
12/31/2016 9:55:52 AM

Subject:
CN=AVSoftware Ltd, O=AVSoftware Ltd, L=Sofia, C=BG

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
112134814B6C56AF7047C195AE1D737EC185

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 5:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:uQnNBOPjmCNCYM/79hgOV2MmlbVotwDrDetexrsZZLhc7kfUA4sXqihsn:ucLOPao+DP2MmXom5CX+jAj0

Entry address:
0x9C40

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 86, 94, FF, FF, E8, 8D, A6, FF, FF, E8, 1C, A9, FF, FF, E8, 53, C9, FF, FF, E8, 9A, C9, FF, FF, E8, C9, F2, FF, FF, E8, 30, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, FC, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, C5, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 96, FE, FF, FF, E8, C9, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 83, CF, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, 24, CE, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, 24, CE...
 
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Entropy:
7.9322

Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://www.softwareappdownloads.com/c?x=1jFqO14ghxaih2ifYlJeNmYX8enKmcFJAAI73wchCa4=&c=cxTfUtYqRVii1PJRcH59FLAOvCRM2udvQWTqVj1kHxIV8kc2X4IzZ3enK1 v903vyaMgQ16Jf KgTZkkr/MHWPql/py39M Hx3zkBJXqGl76a3pRW2gkneLVqx/q/1kB&downloadAs=setup.exe&fallback_url=http://.../setup1.19.exe

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